The Lantern – Ohio State University by Brian Carro Former Democratic vice presidential candidate John Edwards spoke in Columbus last Thursday to bolster support for an increase in the Ohio minimum wage. His visit to the King Arts Complex was the last of a four-state campaign by Edwards to promote
Catalyst Cleveland The tax-exempt Cleveland Clinic has announced plans to donate $10 million in money and services to cash-strapped district schools over the next five years, effectively halting efforts by the county treasurer to get the $3.3 billion non-profit health system to make annual payments to schools in lieu of
A 22 percent reduction in Ohio’s state income tax would cost the state more than $2 billion in annual revenue and would go overwhelmingly to the state’s most affluent taxpayers. Roughly one in seven of the dollars that the state government would no longer collect would wind up not with
A 22 percent reduction in Ohio’s state income tax would cost the state more than $2 billion in annual revenue and would go overwhelmingly to the state’s most affluent taxpayers. Roughly one in seven of the dollars that the state government would no longer collect would wind up not with
The state’s unemployment rate fell 0.6% in December, but state officials said the decrease is best attributed to the volatility of data used to calculate the rate rather than improvements in Ohio’s economy. The reduction to 5.9% came as non-farm wage and salary employment declined by 7,500 between November and
The state’s unemployment rate fell 0.6% in December, but state officials said the decrease is best attributed to the volatility of data used to calculate the rate rather than improvements in Ohio’s economy. The reduction to 5.9% came as non-farm wage and salary employment declined by 7,500 between November and
A new study sponsored by a U.S. government agency that monitors U.S.-Chinese relations quantifies the job losses that have occurred in Ohio and the rest of the nation due to rising trade deficits with China. The study’s author, Dr. Robert E. Scott, an economist at the Economic Policy Institute in
Policy Matters Ohio and the Institute for Women’s Policy Research have jointly released a new issue brief which documents trends in Ohio child and health care funding, and reviews research showing that subsidized child and health care can help low-wage parents stay employed. Staying Employed: Trends in Medicaid, Child Care,
International trade results in 52,265 lost Ohio jobs. New report finds that jobs continue to vanish during economic “recovery” Between January 1995 and July 2004, 52,265 Ohio jobs were certified by the federal government as having been lost due to international trade, according to an updated International Trade and Job
Good morning. My name is Jon Honeck. I am a Research Analyst with Policy Matters Ohio, a non-profit research institution with an interest in employment, taxation, education, and economic development policy. I will make a few remarks about Ohio s employment situation in general, and then discuss how our economic
According to Policy Matters’ JobWatch project, job figures released Friday show Ohio’s sputtering recovery has produced fewer than 12,000 new jobs since the state’s recent low point in employment last December. Full Article
According to Policy Matters’ JobWatch project, job figures released Friday show Ohio’s sputtering recovery has produced fewer than 12,000 new jobs since the state’s recent low point in employment last December. Full Article
